Ayres - Current and Recent Grants

 

USDA AFRI " Towards understanding subcontinental variation in forest pestilence from the southern pine beetle.  2009-2012.  PIs: Matt Ayres, Brian Sullivan.  Proposal summary.
USDA APHIS " Sirex noctilio in New York State: reproductive success, interactions with native species, and the forensic dendropathology of infested trees. 2007-2010. Proposal summary.
USDA NRICGP "The effect of host species and infestation size on populations of Dendroctonus frontalis. 2004-2008. PIs: Matt Ayres, Dan Slone, Sharon Martinson, Kier Klepzig. Proposal summary.
NSF DEB-Ecology "The role of antagonism, commensalism, and mutualism in bark beetle communities". 2003-2006. PIs: Matt Ayres, Kier Klepzig, John Moser, and Rich Hofstetter. Proposal summary.

US Forest Service Competitive Grant "Southern pine beetle: the causes of transitions between endemic and epidemic conditions" 2004-2007. Pending. PIs: Matt Ayres, Sharon Martinson, Rich Hofstetter, Tiina Ylioja, Maria Lombardero. Proposal summary.

US Forest Service Competitive Grant "Predicting future population structures in hardwood forests affected by beech bark disease"
2004-2007. PI: Celia Evans; Co-PIs: Matt Ayres, Mark Twery, Sandy Liebhold; Cooperator: Dave Houston.
NSF-LTER "Long-term ecological research at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest". 2004-2007. PIs: Tim Fahey, Charlie Driscoll. Co-PIs: Total of 27, including Matt Ayres
DOE GAANN “Increasing graduate education in the Life Sciences”. 2004-07. PI: C.R. McClung; Co-PI: Matt Ayres
USDA Competitive Grants Program "Tree defenses, community interactions and the population dynamics of Dendroctonus frontalis". 2000-2003. PI: Matthew P. Ayres. Co-Investigators: Kier Klepzig, Peter L. Lorio, Jr., John Moser. Proposal summary.
USDA Competitive Grants Program "Community interactions and the population ecology of Dendroctonus frontalis". 1998-2000. PI: Matthew P. Ayres. Co-Investigators: Kier Klepzig, Peter L. Lorio, Jr., John Moser. Proposal summary.
State of Minnesota "The biology and management of bark beetles in old growth forests of Itasca State Park." 1997-1999. PI: Matthew P. Ayres. Technical report. Executive summary. Proposal summary
USDA Forest Service Regional Modeling Program "Regional patterns in forest epidemiology of the southern pine beetle and related pests." Co-PIs Matthew P. Ayres, Peter L. Lorio, and Kier Klepzig. 1997-present. Proposal summary.
USDA Southern Global Change Program "Environmental effects on pine tree carbon budgets and resistance to bark beetles." Co-PIs Matthew P. Ayres and Peter L. Lorio. 1994-96. Proposal summary.
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